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Friday, 29 August 2014

Sitting down?

"The Romans had pretty sophisticated toilets, often with running water and stone seats. But up in the north end of Roman Britain, where they were building Hadrian's Wall, a stone seat would be pretty uncomfortable. Now archaeologists working at Vindolanda, a Roman fort near the wall, have dug up a well-preserved, albeit well-used wooden toilet seat in what appears to be the fort's dump. Director of Excavations, Dr Andrew Birleysays in a press release:"

http://www.treehugger.com/bathroom-design/worlds-oldest-wooden-toilet-seat-discovered-hadrians-wall.html



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